Presensitized kidney graft recipients with HLA class I and II antibodies are at increased risk for graft failure: A Collaborative Transplant Study report

Human Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 569-573

  Süsal, Caner ^a   Döhler, Bernd ^a   Opelz, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELISA; Graft outcome; HLA antibodies; Kidney transplantation; Solid phase

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68049148369     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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